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And to that point I think you’ll learn why I’m really excited to welcome Joey Walker to Aging Is Optional Radio. https://disarmanddisable.com/about/Joey’s business is based on his twenty-five year career in law enforcement  As well as his expertise as a 10th Degree Black Belt in the Martial Arts   These two disciplines form the basis of techniques and tactics that are practical, easy to apply and effective against violent assailants.He’s also the author of two books: “Self- Defense Tactics and Techniques” and his most recent book “Shots Fired” Surviving an Active Shooter/Assailant.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/aging-is-optional-radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Episode 6 I talked about the importance of Mentors and today I’d like to welcome one of my mentors Steve Little to Aging Is Optional Radio.We’ve known each other since around 2008 and since that time we’ve partnered in a few companies. Steve has always been a top income earner and more than that he is a true leader.Over the years I’ve gotten to know Steve and his family especially since we moved from California to Texas.Steve is an incredibly successful entrepreneur earning millions of dollars throughout his career. He has a simple philosophy - Win Big! And that’s what we’re here to talk aboutWelcome to the podcast Steve!-----------------------------------------------------------------No matter your age if you're thinking about your financial future. That's good. If you're not thinking about your debt. That can be bad. But the hardest part is figuring out where to start and how to track your progress, right?That's what I struggled with for years until I found the solution.So I created a

Hello, everybody! On Thursday night, I got to go trick-or-treating with Shannon and Piper. It was amazing. She's five years old and loves Halloween almost as much as her mom does we all dressed up as Olaf from Frozen? It was really cold and Dallas. So we were nice and warm in our costumes. We got lots of attention from the other trick or treaters in the families. Halloween has always been my wife's favorite holiday. We’ve dressed Up in costumes in Orange County California, Las Vegas, Chicago, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and now Dallas. We've almost always had a great time. This is a difficult topic for me to talk about publicly. But I feel that if I can help someone with my story I should do it. That's really what Aging Is Optional Radio is all about.Exactly 10 years ago this past Halloween our night didn't end so well. It was actually a night that dramatically Change the course of Our Lives. Shannon had plans for us to go out. She even had multiple costumes picked out. She was going to

Aging Is Optional Radio Episode 14 features Entrepreneur, author, musician singer/songwriter and most of all my good friend Tim Darnell. Learn about Tim's back story, his upbringing in the church, when he personally accepted Jesus Christ into his life, how his faith guides him and how he helps others. You can find Tm on his website http://darnellfinancial.com/ as well as on Facebook - Tim Darnell of Allen, TX. Thanks again for joining me on Aging Is Optional Radio. I hope you found some value in this episode. That’s really my goal. You can find the podcast on iTunes and I’d really appreciate it if you would subscribe and give it a rating and I love receiving comments!You can also find it in the Google Play Store, on TuneIn Radio, on Stitcher, The Podcast App, PocketCasts, CastBox, Deezer and Pippa. And I’ll be adding more channels in the future including YouTube. I’m also excited to announce that you’ll be able to find us on SubscribeStar where you can support the podcast.If you like what you hear please

Aging Is Optional Radio Episode 13 features Luxury Travel/Food Blogger and creator of Adventures Of Empty Nesters, my great friend Suzanne Stavert. Learn about Suzanne's background and the story of how she was able to share her passion, build an audience and ultimately travel the world representing destinations, brands and travel companies. It really is an amazing story. Suzanne's website is https://www.adventuresofemptynesters.com/ and she can also be found on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook @suzannestavert. Thanks again for joining me on Aging Is Optional Radio. I hope you found some value in this episode. That’s really my goal. You can find the podcast on iTunes and I’d really appreciate it if you would subscribe and give it a rating and I love receiving comments! You can also find it in the Google Play Store, on TuneIn Radio, on Stitcher, The Podcast App, PocketCasts, CastBox and Pippa. And I’ll be adding more channels in the future including YouTube. If you like what you hear please

We celebrated father's day recently and I got to thinking about second chances and fatherhood. On September 18, 2014 Piper was born at Prentice Women's hospital in downtown Chicago. Shannon had a C-Section and Piper spend a couple nights in the NIC Unit. I'll never forget our relief when she was able to spend more time with us in our room and eventually overnight.There's actually a picture that the photographer took of me holding Piper looking down at this helpless perfect baby. I get emotional every time I look at it and think about it. I want to love her and protect her. I want to be the best father I can be for her. I want my wife to be proud of me. I want to be an example to other fathers. I especially want to be an example to fathers my age, Baby Boomers who might be getting a second chance at fatherhood. Even an example for hands-on grandparents who have young children living with them in their homes now. I remember thinking at the time we found out Shannon was pregnant with Piper, being

Hello everybody! I'm sorry it's been awhile since I last publishing episode. I started working for a great company in the trade show industry which I worked in for about the last eighteen years. The people I work with are amazing and the support I've received has been more than I could ever ask for. I'm truly grateful!I've also had the opportunity to travel back to our corporate office in Chicago twice since starting in the training spend so great each training trip spent about a week long. And one other thing, we also moved from Plano Texas to McKinney Texas which is, you know, a pretty short distance but it was a long process for us to get settled into our new home. We love our new home and we're grateful to be here for the long term.Now that things are settling down I should be able to get back to of solid rhythm of publishing my podcast on a more regular basis. I have some really exciting ideas I'd like to discuss, I'm also going to be interviewing some amazing thought leaders on the topic of aging i

Hello everybody! I remember the first time I rode in an Uber. It was in San Diego late summer two thousand fourteen. I had flown in from Chicago to a network marketing training event. there were thousands of people in town, it was really amazing! The weather was incredible and I took a shuttle from the airport to the hotel and literally walked everywhere. There are all of our friends in the company were all over town, and we got together and made our way to the event and to all the training sessions and it's just a really exciting time to be in San Diego.I remember my friend Patty who was there from Chicago as well made a suggestion for dinner one night she said “let's go get Ramen” and I said “that sounds awesome I know the perfect spot it's called Underbelly and it's over in Little Italy” which generally make a lot of sense but I'll tell you that place is amazing! I'll link it in the show notes in case you ever want to check it out.Anyway, I met up with Patty at our hotel in she said let's take an Uber

Hello everybody! About a week or so ago Facebook was kind enough to let me know that I was “celebrating” my 12 year Faceversary. I opened my Facebook account in early March 2007. It was the first social media platform I joined. I could have joined My Space but for some reason I picked Facebook. Maybe it was the creepy rumors about My Space at the time. Who knew that 12 years later Facebook would become creepy in its own right, but that’s probably a topic for another podcast. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long when I think about it, but I could have sworn I have been on it longer.I kind of think of social media years like dog years. Where does the time go? If I want to find out where the time went I can usually find what happened on Facebook or most recently Twitter and Instagram.How long have you been on social media? What was the first social media platform you joined? Was it My Space or Facebook? How long have you been on Social Media?Where do you spend most of your time?Since back in 2007 I’ve actual

Hey Everybody! I wanted to honestly thank you for subscribing to Aging Is Optional Radio. Over the last six weeks since the launch of this podcast I have published eight episodes that have resulted in over 300 downloads and a global audience spanning from the united States, to Canada, Australia, France and Japan which is really exciting because I’m just getting started. I am so grateful that you are listening, that you are hopefully receiving value from the topic’s I’m discussing and that you’ll continue to participate in our community as we grow.So let’s get started.  Have you ever had a near death experience? Have you ever felt like you cheated death or just “got lucky”? Back when I was around 16 or 17 years old my friend Jeff and I were driving up to Big Bear, a ski resort town in Southern California near Los Angeles, to go skiing for the weekend. Jeff’s family had a vacation house up there. I was really excited because it was going to be the first time I had ever gone skiing. We had Jeff’s car all pa

Let’s talk about music! What has music got to do with aging? I don’t know about you but I love music! I’ve been a fan of music, especially live music my entire life. Do you enjoy music? What genre do you love? Who’s your favorite band? Do you have a particular song that reminds you of an event or time in your life? Your first dance? Your first kiss? It all started for me in middle school when I joined the band. Yes I was a band geek and I still am at heart. Somehow I decided I wanted to play drums. I’m sure this drove my parents crazy but they supported me anyway. I took lessons and even bought and drum kit. All throughout High School in the mid to late 70’s (remember I’m a Baby Boomer) I was fortunate enough to be friends with the best musicians in our High School band. In fact two of my best friends from that era, Sal who plays saxophone and all woodwind instruments and Alex who plays trombone, are living their dreams as professional musicians to this day. They also teach music! They are enormously talented

Hey Everybody! I’m fighting a bit of a cold but I think we’re going to get through this. My commitment to you is to publish at least one episode per week and so far I’m on track. This will be the 6th episode in 6 weeks. So let’s do this!Have you ever had a mentor? Have you ever needed at mentor? Particularly as an adult. Someone you looked up to who you could turn to to help you make decisions or teach you something you were trying to learn? For some people it might be their dad or mom or a teacher or a sports coach.What is a mentor? Webster's Dictionary defines Mentor as an experienced and trusted adviser. Synonyms - adviser, guide, confidant, confidante, counselor, consultant, therapist.Thinking back to my college days that was the first time I ever had someone I would call a mentor. His name was Jim and he was my big brother in our Fraternity, Sigma Chi. I joined Sigma Chi back in the early 1980 at Cal State University Long Beach. At the time I really didn’t know anyone at school except my roommate. It was

So I was thinking about a time when we were living in Chicago back in 2012 in a high rise apartment on the 40th floor. A beautiful location right on the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. We had spectacular views of the Navy Pier, Michigan Avenue and the lake. We didn’t have cars so we walked everywhere. We were able to explore the city from the ground level, step by step. It was just my wife and I and our two Chihuahua’s Winston & Brooklyn. This was before Piper came along. We were packed into in about 700 square feet. We didn’t even have a door to our bedroom. But we loved it!It was around the time of the 2012 election and I was deeply into “Election News”. I was consuming a lot of information on TV, radio and the internet. I’ll admit something, I’ve always been kind of a political junkie. I’m a lifelong Republican and the information was so available because of the internet and social media I was completely over consuming. Honestly, I knew Democrats, especially in Chicago, who were just as obsessed as I

A couple years ago we were living back in LA and I was getting ready for my annual checkup. I try to be consistent in getting the annual checkup and all the blood work and certainly given my age the colonoscopy which is probably a topic for another episode but I digress. As I’m walking out the door to the appointment my wife says from the other room “make sure you get your hearing checked”. I’m like, “excuse me?” She says, a little louder this time “make sure you get your hearing checked”. Now, at this point, we’d been together for more than a decade so she knows me and my shortcomings pretty well. At this point, I’m about 55 years old. She’d always given me a hard time for my “selective hearing” but even I was noticing that I had to have the TV volume up really high in order to hear all the dialog. When we went to concerts I made it a point to wear ear plugs because my ears would ring for many hours after the show, sometimes into the next day. Also I was having a hard time hearing in restaurants with all of

We recently went to The State Fair Of Texas and It is BIG! We got there at 2:30 and left at 7:30. We had a great time! Horses, goats, pigs, sheep. Piper lead the pee wee rodeo parade. We ate plenty of fair food, had In & Out on the way home. Piper was out in the car and my wife was out by 9:00. I’d been eating healthy leading up to that day and the next day felt like doo dooPiper is 4 years old and I’m 57 years old and I’m with her 4 days a week and she is High energy! I really want to keep up with her, Keep her entertained, Keep her active. I want to actively participate in her activities. To create memories with her.At the end of the day if I’m not eating right I’m exhausted, she’s spent too much time watching TV or tablet. I’m more tired than she is! When this happens I feel like I’m a bad dad. I’m letting her down, letting technology entertain her. I’m not teaching her how to enjoy outdoors, sports and I’ve failed to create memories. I stress eat late at night, I gain weight quickly and lack energy. M

One of the great things about living in the Dallas area are all of the events, festivals and activities during the summer. That’s right, we live in Dallas now. Piper and I went to the Watermelon Festival at the Dallas Farmers Market today. She loved it! She got to pet the farm animals and feed them. She was amazed by the beautiful farm fresh produce. We tried 3 or 4 different kinds of watermelon as we strolled along the vendor stalls. but her favorite was undoubtedly the watermelon cookie she found. She even shared her last bite with me. We really had a great time and can’t wait to take grandma when it gets a little cooler.I should probably bring you up to date since my first episode. I’m going to share what’s going on with me and my family. Life does happen and Aging Is Optional Radio is meant to document my journeySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/Aging-Is-Optional-Radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What is Aging Is Optional? It’s a manifesto - just listen to the intro of my podcast. It’s a mantra.It’s a mindset. It’s a lifestyle. It’s nutrition, exercise, supplementation, meditation, financial planning, travel, etc.. It’s the guests - subject matter experts, thought leaders, friends maybe even some of my relatives.My goal, my hope is to document my journey as I apply Aging Is Optional in my daily life, what I have learned, and the progress and/or setbacks I may have along the way.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/Aging-Is-Optional-Radio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.